Biography
and Resume STEPHEN
DAVID SMITH, D.M.D. |
E- Mail addresses:
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Primary Private Practice Location:
Route 252 and Waynesborough Road, Paoli,
Pennsylvania 19301 Phone: (610) 647-2755
Fax: (610) 647-6304
Medical
School Practice: Temporomandibular
Center, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic
Medicine, 4190 City Line Avenue, Suite 320,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131-1696 Phone:
(215) 871-1888
Education:
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Biological Sciences,
Lafayette College, 1965 Dental Medicine
Doctorate - University of Pennsylvania School
of Dental Medicine, 1969 United States Army
Dental Corps 1969 - 1971
Military
Service: Captain, United States
Army Dental Corps, 1969 - 1971. Awarded
Bronze Star Medal for Meritorious Achievement
- Preventive Dentistry; Honorable Discharge
State
Licensure: Pennsylvania
Family
Status: Married; two children,
one grandchild
Personal
Special Interests: Sailing, ship
model building, video & macro photography,
writing; Eagle Scout, B.S.A.
Current
Teaching Appointments:
Professor of Maxillo-Temporomandibular Disorders,
Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Department
, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Associated with Department of Osteopathic
Manipulative Medicine Practice.
Director, Temporomandibular
Center, Osteopathic Medical Center of Philadelphia.
Founded TMJ Clinic, 1977.
Originated mini-residency
tutorial program in Craniofacial Pain/Temporomandibular
Orthopedics, 1981-1990.
Prior
Teaching Appointments: University
of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine,
Department of Operative Dentistry - Instructor,
1971-1973
Hospital
Affiliations: 1993 through Present:
Graduate Hospital - City Avenue: Graduate
Health Care System, Department of Surgery:
medical staff consultant in Temporomandibular
Orthopedics/ Orofacial Pain.
Fellowships/Certifications:
Continuing Education, Post-Graduate Courses
leading to F.A.G.D.
Fellowship, Academy of General Dentistry,
1983
Fellowship, College of Physicians of Philadelphia
, 1988
Fellowship (F.A.H.N.P.), American Academy
of Head, Neck, Facial Pain & TMJ
Orthopedics, 1989
Diplomate, Board Certified, American Academy
of Pain Management, 1991
Diplomate, American Board of Head, Neck,
Facial Pain, 1995
Professional
Organization Memberships:
- American Dental
Association
- College of Physicians
of Philadelphia
- American Academy
of Orofacial Pain - Membership since 1980
(American Academy of Craniomandibular
Disorders)
- American Academy
of Head, Neck, Facial Pain & TMJ Orthopedics
Academy Board, 1986 - 1997/ present; Chief,
Division of Osteopathic
Musculoskeletal Relationships. Contributing
Editor, Abstracts &Reviews;
Academy PhotoJournalist
- American Academy
of Pain Management
- Academy of General
Dentistry
- Consulting Editor
- American Osteopathic Association (Temporomandibular
Joint Dysfunction and associated Craniofacial
Pain)
- International Snoring
Association
- Pennsylvania Dental
Association
- Delaware/Chester
County Dental Association
- Philadelphia County
Dental Society
- Pennsylvania Dental
Association Peer Review Committee
Philadelphia County Dental Society Peer
Review Committee (Consultant in Temporomandibular
Orthopedics for Third Party Insurance
Issues )
- Pennsylvania Craniomandibular
Society (President 1995-1996)
- Philadelphia Swallowing
Disorders Group (Thomas Jefferson &
Graduate Hospitals Program)
- Orofacial Pain /
TMJ Consultant
- Sleep Disorders
Dental Society
- International Snoring
Association
Current Clinical Research:
- "Cervical-Somatic
and Maxillo-Temporomandibular Inter-relationships"
- "TMJ/TMD Treatment
Outcome Studies Research" AAHNFP Research
Participant
- "Jaw Repositioning
Appliances Related to Sleep Apnea/Snoring:
3-D Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Airway
Changes"
Lecture Presentations:
Have presented national/ international symposia
lectures to medical, dental, physical therapy,
& legal professional organizations, medical/dental
schools, and public health groups in the areas
listed:
Dr. Smith is available to present Clinical
Lectures and Course Material on the following
subjects:
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Head, Neck, TMJ
Radiology
- TMJ Orthopedics
- Prosthodontics
- Oral Appliances/Splints
- Snoring and Sleep
Apnea
- Craniofacial Pain
- Dental Rehabilitation
- Physical Medicine-Neuromuscular
Physiotherapies in Dentistry
- Osteopathic Principles
applied to Head, Neck and Jaw/TMJ Region
- Musculoskeletal
Relationships
- Manipulation in
the Craniofacial Region
- Pain Control
- Computerized Photography
and Documentation
- Third Party Insurance
Issues and TMJ Orthopedics
- Legal Issues, Depositions
(in conjunction with attorneys)
- Preventive Dentistry
- Public Dental Health
- Dentistry in Sports
Medicine
- TMJ Joint Internal
Derangements
- TMJ Trauma/Injuries:
Emergency Management
Author of six volumes:
Atlas of Temporomandibular Orthopedics:
Interrelationships of Jaw-Joint Function
and Dysfunction to Whole Body Medicine.
Publications:
1. Atlas of Temporomandibular
Orthopedics: Interrelationships of Jaw Joint
Function and Dysfunction to Whole Body Medicine,
1982, Osteopathic Medical College of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, Pa.
2. Temporomandibular
Joints chapter in medical textbook "Sclerotherapy"
by Merrill J. Merman, D.O., 2nd Edition,
Springfield, Pa., pages 51-58, 1986
3. "Diagnosis and Treatment
of TMJ Disorders and Craniofacial Pain".
Published paper from 1986 Hawaii International
Symposium on Craniofacial Pain, TMJ Disorders
and Rehabilitative Dentistry, Maui, Hawaii,
March 23 - 28, 1986, pages 1 - 11, Osteopathic
Medical Center of Philadelphia, Phila.,
Pa.
4. "Temporomandibular
Joint Disorders and Craniofacial Pain, Part
I: Diagnosis". Journal of Family Practice
Recertification, April 1983, Vol. 5, No.
4, pages 71-101.
5. "Temporomandibular
Joint Disorders and Craniofacial Pain, Part
II: Treatment". Journal of Family Practice
Recertification May 1983, Vol. 5, No. 5,
pages 129 - 159.
6. "Fundamentals of
Dental Medicine: A photocollage for the
physician". Journal Osteopathic Medicine,
Vol. 4, No. II, Nov. 1979.
7. "Head Pain and Stress
from Jaw Joint Problems: Diagnosis and Treatment
in Temporomandibular Orthopedics", Journal
Osteopathic Medicine, Vol. 5, No. 2, Feb.
1980
8. "Treating Jaw/Joint
Problems to Relieve Pain and Stress", Physical
Therapy Forum, Vol. 3, No. 36, Sept. 5,
1984, pages 1 - 7.
9. "The Need for Dental
and Osteopathic Cooperation", Journal American
Osteopathic Association, Vol. 79, No. 3,
Nov. 1979.
10. "Therapeutic Insights
on TMJ Disorders", Physical Therapy Forum,
Vol. 6, No. 2, January 14, 1987, pp 5 -7.
11. Smith, S.D.: "
Chronic Illness Profiles in Temporomandibular
Joint Dysfunction Patients". Journal American
Academy of Physiologic Dentistry and Functional
Prosthodontics:Basal Facts, Vol. 3, No.
2, November 1978.
12. Smith, S.D.: "
Neuromuscular Considerations in Mandibular
Reposturing: The Visceral Skeleton". Journal
American Academy of Physiologic Dentistry
and Functional Prosthodontics: Basal Facts,
Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 1980.
13. Smith, S.D.: "
Structural and Fascial Influences on the
Temporomandibular Apparatus". Journal American
Osteopathic Association, Vol. 80, No. 10,
June 1981.
14. "Vascular Analysis
in Temporomandibular Orthopedics: Quantifying
Blood Flow Related to Occlusal Dynamics,
Part I". Journal Osteopathic Medicine, Vol.
5, No. 8, August 1980.
15. " Vascular Analysis
in Temporomandibular Orthopedics: Quantifying
Blood Flow Related to Occlusal Dynamics,
Part II". Journal Osteopathic Medicine,
Vol. 5, No. 10, October 1980.
16. Smith, S.D.: "
Cardiac Stress Related to Occlusal Instability
and Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction:
Report of a Case". Journal American Osteopathic
Association, Vol. 80, No. 10, June 1981.
17. Smith, S.D.: "
Head Pain and Stress from Jaw/ Joint Problems:
Diagnosis and Treatment". Journal of American
Academy of Functional Prosthodontics and
Physiologic Dentistry: Basal Facts, Vol.
3, No. 4, Fall, 1979
18. Smith, S.D.: "
Muscular Strength Correlated to Jaw Posture
in the Temporomandibular Joint Examination
of a Professional Football Population".
New York State Dental Journal, Vol. 44,
No. 7, pages 278-285, August/September 1978
19. Smith, S.D.: "
Dentistry in Sports Medicine: Mouthguard
Design in the Traumatic Sports". Report
to Joint Commission on Athletic Safeguards
in Medicine at National Athletic Training
Association 31st Annual Meeting, June 8,
1980, Philadelphia, PA (In Atlas of Temporomandibular
Orthopedics Monograph: Dentistry in Sports
Medicine, pages 55 - 66).
20. Smith, S.D.: "Sports
Dentistry: Protection and Performance from
Mouthguards and Bite Splints". Athletic
Training - National Athletic Trainers Association
Journal, Summer, 1981.
21. Smith, S.D.: "Report
on Professional Football Players Adjustment
of Mouthguards by Kinesiologic Methods".
New York State Dental Journal, 1981.
22. Smith, S.D.: "Mouthguards
in Contact Sports; Case Study/ Documentary
on a TMJ Concussion Prone Patient". Essay
presented May 7, 1981, Virginia Osteopathic
Medical Association 75th Annual Convention,
Williamsburg, VA. in Atlas of Temporomandibular
Orthopedics Monograph: Dentistry in Sports
Medicine, pages 77 - 100
23. Smith, S.D.: "Compendium
on Cranial Manipulation in Dentistry", December,
1986, Osteopathic Medical Center of Philadelphia.
24. Smith, S.D:" Diagnosis
and Treatment of Temporomandibular Joint
Disorders", Vol. 2 and 3, Summer 1987, Journal
of Pain and Symptom Management.
25. Smith, S.D.: "
Cervical and TMJ Masticatory Muscle Interrelationships",
Physical Therapy Forum, January 1988.
26. Smith, S.D.: "Diagnosis
and Treatment of TMJ Disorders and Craniofacial
Pain". In Head & Neck Trauma: A Medical
Symposium for Lawyers, Chapter 6, pp. 39-52,
1988, Penna Bar Institute.
27. Co-Author: "Standards
for the History, Examination, Diagnosis,
and Treatment of Temporomandibular Disorders
(TMD): A Position Paper". Talley, R.L.,
Murphy, G.J., Smith, S.D., Baylin, M.A.,
and Haden, J.L., January, 1990, Vol. 8,
#1 Journal of Craniomandibular Practice,
pp. 60-77.
28. Smith, S.D.: "Cervical
Somatic Disorder Correlated", Volume 2,
#1, Journal Amer. Acad. Head, Neck, Facial
Pain, Spring, Summer, 1990.
29. Smith, S.D.: "Relationship
of Cervical Function and TMJ Disorders".
Vol. 4, #2, 1992, AAHNP News Journal.
30. Smith, S.D.: Cranio
Journal Vol. II No. 1, January 1993. Clinical
abstract review pp. 34 - 35. "Head and Cervical
Spine postures in complete Denture wearers".
31. Contributing Editor
- abstracts & Reviews, Vol. 5, #1 &
2, 1993. Journal of American Academy of
Head, Neckand Facial Pain, T M Diary.
32. Abstracts and reviews
Contributing Editor, Vol. 6, #1 Spring/Summer
and #2, Fall/Winter, 1994, Journal of American
Academy of Head, Neck and Facial Pain, T
M Diary.
33. Gelb, H.:" New
Concepts in Craniomandibular and Chronic
Pain Management", Mosby-Wolfe Times Mirror
Int'l Publishers, London, 1994. Smith, S.D.
Contributor, Chapter 9, pp. 250-255.
34. Smith, S.D.: American
Dental Assoc. News "TMD Editorial" Vol.6,
#2, 1995.
35. Abstracts and reviews,
Vol 7, #1, 1995, vol 8, #2, 1996, Jour.
AAHNFP, T.M. Diary.
36. Smith, S.D.: "Diagnosis
and Treatment of Temporomandibular Disorders
and Craniofacial Pain". 2 nd edition, 1995,
PCOM Press, Philadelphia, PA.
37. Smith, S.D. "A
Three-Dimensional Airway Assessment for
the Treatment of Snoring and/or Sleep Apnea
with Jaw Repositioning Intraoral Appliances:
A Case Study". CRANIO: The Journal of Craniomandibular
Practice, October, 1996, Vol. 14, #4, pp.
332-343.
38. Smith, S.D.: "Upper
Airway Changes from Mandibular Reposturing
in Sleep Apnea Treatment: 3-D M.R.I. Documentation".
August, 1997, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Internet Journal
39. Smith, S.D. "Veranderungen
der oberen Luftwege durch Vorverlagerung
des Unterkiefers bei der Behandlung der
Schlafapnoe:Darstellung mit 3-D Kernspintomographie".
IOK, 29. JAHRG - 4th Quarter, 1997, pp.
389-403, The Associated Orthodontic Journals
of Europe.
40. Smith, S.D.: Patient
Information Catalogue - Dental Medicine
Topics: Volume I, P.C.O.M. Press, 88 pages,
1998.
41. Smith, S.D.: Temporomandibular
Disorders and Cervical/Musculoskeletal Orthopedics.
International Symposium Proceedings. April
3-5, 1998 Italian School of Osteopathy,
Padova/Padua, Italy.
42. Smith, S.D.: "
Una valutazione tridimensionale delle vie
aereeper il trattamento del russare e/o
dell'apnea notturna con apparecchi endorali
di riposizionamento mandibolare: studio
di un caso." (Sleep apnea treatment via
mandibular repositioning appliances: a three-dimensional
assessment). April 5, 1998. School of Osteopathy
paper/clinical presentation, Padova, Italy.
43. Smith, S.D.: Sleep
Apnea Editorial and Snoring/ Recall Evaluation,
in Jour. Craniomandibular Pract. April 1998,
Vol 16, #2, p. 71.
44. Smith, S.D.:"Catalogo
Informativo del Paziente Argomenti di Medicina
Dentale": Vol. I, Sezione 1-5, 1999. School
of Osteopathy, Padua/Padova, Italy.
45. Smith, S.D.: "
Use of a Variable Position Intra-Oral Prosthesis
for Snoring / Sleep Apnea Treatment: A Clinical
Case Study". Northeastern Sleep Society
Clinical Proceedings, March, 1999, Princeton,
N.J.
46. Smith, S.D.: Scientific
Poster Presentations "Use of a Variable
Position Intra-Oral Prosthesis for Snoring
/ Sleep Apnea Treatment: A Clinical Case
Study". American Osteopathic Colleges of
Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology-Head and
Neck Surgery 83rd Annual Clinical Assembly,
Lake Buena Vista, Florida, April 21-25,
1999, Walt Disney World Swan Hotel.
E- Mail addresses:
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